Special Report: Futuristic €115bn National Framework Plan aims to modernise the country

The Government’s ambitious plan to transform the country is great in theory but rural Ireland must not be forgotten, writes Elaine O’Loughlin.

It is the 25-year plan that will see billions of euro pumped into transport, jobs, education, health, roads, railways and airports.

Tomorrow the Government, through its Ireland 2040 initiative will outline how it wants the country to look in the decades ahead when the population is expected to have grown by one million people.